Washington's 4th congressional district
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The Fourth Congressional District of Washington encompasses a large area of central Washington, covering the counties of Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Grant, Yakima, Franklin, Benton, Klickitat, and parts of Adams and Skamania counties. Since 1995, the Fourth has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Richard N. "Doc" Hastings, a Republican from Pasco.
Established after the 1910 census, the Fourth District is predominantly rural and politically conservative, and has been dominated by the Republican Party for several decades, with the exception of the 103rd Congress from 1993 to 1995, when it was represented by Democrat Jay Inslee. Hastings defeated Inslee in the 1994 election and has served in Congress ever since; Inslee later moved to Bainbridge Island and was sent back to Congress representing the First District in the central Puget Sound area. The Fourth District remains solidly Republican in character, and Hastings is expected to win reelection easily in the 2006 election.
[edit] Representatives
| Representative | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| William L. La Follette | Republican | 1915 – 1919 |
| John William Summers | Republican | 1919 – 1933 |
| Knute Hill | Democratic | 1933 – 1943 |
| Otis Halbert Holmes | Republican | 1943 – 1959 |
| Catherine Dean Barnes May | Republican | 1959 – 1971 |
| Mike McCormack (congressman) | Democratic | 1971 – 1981 |
| Sidney Wallace Morrison | Republican | 1981 – 1993 |
| Jay Robert Inslee | Democratic | 1993 – 1995 |
| Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings | Republican | 1995 – present |
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